This 10 page document provides an overview of DAO tokenomics. It defines key terms related to DAOs and token economies. It explains how DAOs use blockchain and tokens to give users control over their data and enable new virtual economies. DAOs operate as networked businesses using smart contracts and tokens to incentivize behaviors and govern activities like funding, trading, and managing marketplaces. The document outlines the key components of a DAO's business model, including its economic model, governance model, and commercial model.

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For si9mple folk
DAO TOKENOMICS
By - Andy Martin
10 pager audio-visual guide
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1. DAO Tokenomics Terms
2. The User is in Control
3. DAO as a Token Economy
4. DOA as a Network Business
5. The Marketplace Token
6. Industry Reinvention
7. The DAO Tokenomics Equation
8. Three Governance Levels
9. DAO's business model parts
10. References
For si9mple folk
DAO TOKENOMICS

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web3 as a token economy = New internet owned by
innovators and users governed by tokenomics
Metaverse as a token economy = permissionless
economy of connected “verses” built on tokenomics
DAO Tokenomics = born digitally native economy plus
monetisation of real-world data in new virtual economies
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blockchain governs state of
assets on the internet
.. with shared values to use
assets for the fair benefit of all
.. by everyone in a DAO
.. where “control”
= “govern” = “own”
In web3 user is a full
member of the internet
.. with rights to control
access to their data
.. using a wallet with tokens
for ownership
.. to initiate trading
in the Token Economy
.. members have a duty to
vote
.. for incentives for helpful
behaviours & fair value
… DAO Tokenomics
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DAO as a Token Economy
• State machine for ownership of tokens
• Tracking provenance of who did what & when
• Distributed & decentralised source of the truth
Blockchain
• Individual controls access to their identity, NFT,
securities, utility or money
• Individual initiates buying and selling
Avatar
Wallet
NFT Value
Utility
SSI
• Community creates a purpose, values, & rules & is
then owned & controlled using tokens
• Smart contracts govern trading, monetising data
(NFT) governed by the data owner
• Tokens govern incentives & to democratize value
DAO
Enterprises
Go to Market as
a network
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$
Debt funding Tokens
Key
Supply Distribute
DeFi Marketplace
Service layer replaces commercial
banks to create credit
Smart contract
DAO aggregates (small)
investors Fiat on/off ramp
Smart contract
matches finance to demand
Smart contract
Pays investor
Logistics
Manufacture
Smart contract
releases finance from escrow
Digital
liquidity $
$
DAO is a Networked Business
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Research
Distribution /
Wellness
DeFi Marketplace
Service layer replaces commercial
banks to create credit
Smart contract
DAO aggregates (small)
investors Fiat on/off ramp
App
Join Clinical Trial
App
Buy Service
Clinical trial
Diagnose &
monitor
App
Buy / Sell Data
Health
Token $
$
Service fees
NFT value NFT value
The Marketplace Token
Key Tokens 7
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Go to market
• Network effects
Products
• Revenue & value
Tokenomics
• Incentives / DeFi
Innovation Platform Governance
• As a network
• Network, market
or industry
• DAO
• Zone of
sovereignty/rules
• Buy & sell data
• Apps & wallets
earn value
• Fees for activity
• Professional &
foundation
services
• Store value in the
market token(s)
• Skill & reputation
• Win-win-win
• Behaviours
• Composability of
funding protocols
• New funding /
reserve model
Industry reinvention
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The DAO Tokenomics Equation
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Key: † Regulated in the “As Is” world
Collateral
• Yield
• Rent
Community
• Innovators
• Users
Earn
• Creativity
• Behaviour
Value
• Access
• Incentive
= + + +
+
Asset
• Derivative
• AI-generated
Funding
• Gamified
• Composable
User
• Anon.
• KYC†
Govern
• Marketplace
• Library
NFT Utility
SSI DAO
DeFi
$
… or real-world
abstraction†
Digitally
native
Virtual
economy
Trade
• Buy-sell
• Lend-borrow
Govern
• Marketplace
• Library
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3 Governance Levels
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Governance
Apps.
•Trading
•Regulation
•Payments
•Global trade
•Trade finance
•Provenance
•Patient ID
•Clinical trials
•Supply chain
Business
networks
DAO
Wallet Access
Internet
of ledgers
$ X-chain
+
+
Finance
Supply chain
Health
NFT Value
Utility
SSI Security
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DAO’s Business Model Parts
• Economic model, incentives,
disincentives & behaviour
changes
• Governance model, how
decisions are made on-chain via
tokens & voting or off-chain &
guiding principles of fair,
democratic & open
• Commercial model, of
monetisation & fees
Business model
Providers
Benefits
Incentive
Behaviours
Openness
Commercial
Co-opetition
Govern
Decentralise
Monetise
Funding
Democracy
Trade,
trust &
ownership
Key: Token liquidity
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References
Martin, Andy, The Token Economy (October 16, 2021). Available at
SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3972111 or http://dx.doi.org/10.21
39/ssrn.3972111
Martin, Andy, 5 Laws of Tokenomics (January 26, 2022). Available at
SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4018141 or http://dx.doi.org/10.21
39/ssrn.4018141
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